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W. P. RAY.

REEL.

APPLICATION FILED DBO. 3, 1912.

Familie@ Dec. 28,1913k inventor WILLIAM P. MY, OF

srrrHToN, KENTUCKY.

REEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application mea December e, 1912. seria-1m. 734,777'. j y

To all whom z't may' concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM P. RAY, a' citizen of the United States, residing at Stithton, in the county of Hardin a-'nd State of Kentucky, have invented a 'new and use ful'Re'el, of which the following asp'ec'lfica-tion. v 1 The present invention relates to i rovefments in reels, the primaryobjject of t e' in vention bein'g the. provision of a'n adjustable reel for use in connection with supporting and di'splayingeoils of rope or Wire and the like, the same being provided with an' adjustable spacing member'slidabifv mounted upon` the spindle of the reel relatively to each other and carrying coil engaging" members to wedge the coil in the proper relation betweenthe adjustable lhenfibels.

A further object of the present inventipn is the provision of adjustable coil'core en'- gaging members carried bv the respective end members of the reel so that various sized cores may be fitted or engaged to properly hold the coil of rope or wire upon the reel in 35 the desired compressed position.

With the foregoing and other objects in View whichiwill appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described 'and claimed,- it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed canbe made within the scope of what is claimed Without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings- Figure 1 is a perspective view ofthe complete reel and its suppport, one of the arms of the adjustable end members of the reel being broken away. Fig. 2 is a section taken through the spindle looking toward one of the adjustable ends 'of the reel. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional View through one of the adjustable end members and the central portion of the spindle.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the two brackets or supports, which are connected in any manner .to the Wall or ceiling, and each of the respective 15o-brackets consists of the lower angle arm 2 and the upper inclined brace 3, the lower end ot the brace 3 where it is connected to the outer end of the arm 2. being curved to form v a hook, as at 4, to forma journaling means 'P0 for the reel, as will presently appear. In

order toy brace the brackets against longitudinal swinging movement, the-short braces 5 are employed, one to leach bracket the same The reel as 'clearly shown, is composed 'ofi the spindle 7 which is preferablyholloxv-'and is provided at the' respective ends with the threads 8 8', ing fitted therein and projecting therefroitij a' journaling stud 9 having a head 1 0, sai' journaling s tud 9 being disposed foi--removf ably fitting within one of the hooked ends 4j -endlof thev spindle' 7 is`itted a' spindle 11'l fpr Arotatable engagement with the other hooked end 4 of the remaining bracket, the

by the spindle 7 may be rotated.

Slida'bly mounted upon the res ectiveends of the spindle for movement Ao and from each other and not in thread engagement with the respective threaded portions SS, are the sleeves 18-13, each ne of which is provided at its end will t e rectangular end plate 14, to which is rigidly or otherwise secured, the radial arms l5, constituting the end of the reel or the means for preventing the coil of rope o=othe cable VJfrom leaving the reel and intenfering with is provided in each one of the respective arms and plates 14 and fits upon its respective threaded portion of the spindle "l'i'I so as to lock the arms 15 toward andagainfst the will presently appear.

means of the bolts 17 and slots 18, are the inclined coil engaging'arms 19, Whose' terminals 20 are bent inwardly toward the g spindle T and constitute a means for engaging the core p'ortion o r end of the respective i coil of cable or rope and when both of the sleeves 13-13 are moved toward each other into compressive action by means of the nuts f 16, these arms v19 will enter the core of the coil and thus retain the same inA the necessary and desirable compressed stateuipon the reel.

Formed in the spindle 7 intermediate of its ends, are two apertures a-a and a single aperture b which is diametrically opposed and, with the apertnre'afior .the re.

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being. connected, as at 6, to the lower arm 'i so salmebeing provided with' a' crank 12, Wherethe journaling portion thereof. `-'A nut 16 one end of the spindle hav;Y u l of one' ofthe brackets', While inthe opposite" I im ,coil of cable or rope, the purpose of ivhich Connected adjustably to the res ctiv-e. I arms 15 upon the inner face thereolf by" 10 sired.

ception of the lon threaded shank 2l of the cable engaging ail 24, the nut 23 being disposed upon the threaded end, as clearly shown in Fig. 3 to retain the free terminal 5 22 within the aperture a andtlius lock the F rom the foregoing description, taken iii connection with the drawings it is evident that the present reel provides for the ac- (5 commodation of various sized coils of wire lfor cable, either as regards the longitudinal "width thereof or the diameter, by reason of the fact that the adjustable arms 15, which constitute the endsof the reel enter the core of the coil either during the ,winding of the 5,20 coil upongthe spindle 7 or after]` the same has been positioned thereupon by'sliding upon one end ofv the spindle 7 to roperl compress Athe coil between the en mem ers of the reel and thus retain the saine against 5 undue loosening during thefrotation to reel olf. the materia lVhat is claimed is:

'A reel, in ciiiding a spindle, Vbracket engaging studs disposed ciiiiienlrieally of and from the respective ends of the spindle, tivo sleeves mounted upon said spindle for sliding movement, two sets of-radiating arms carried by each sleeve, said arms, one set constituting coil limiting means for the spindle, a core engaging arm ioi'4 eat-li radial :ii-ni, concting moans carried by the coi-e engaging arm and its radial :ii'iii for adjiistin(y the core engaging arm i'elalively`lo its radial arm and the axis of the spindle, and means disposed upon eaili end of tlicspiiidlc for holding the sleeves and arms aoaiiist Out-ward displacement andlor clamping a coil between the tivo sets of radiating arms and their core engaging arms. v

In testimony that I-claim t'lic foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

' WILLIAM RAY.

Witnesses:

v T. E. Yarns,

I J. R. WISEMAN. 

